(Press Release) – The The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will host its first tele town hall of the year, the Women...
Grenada has been put on alert amid fears of a dengue outbreak after one Caribbean country reported an upsurge in cases at the start of the...
AP | The NAACP Image Awards will be televised live for the first time. NAACP and TV One officials announced Thursday that the 50th awards ceremony...
(Reuters) – “Black Panther” actress Letitia Wright is among the 5 nominees for the 2019 EE Rising Star Award, the British Academy of Film and Television...
Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Adtalem Global Education CEO Lisa Wardell to celebrate new home for medical school Business Wire | With an eye towards...
(Press Release) – The Howard University School of Law will kick off the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of its founding on January 6, 1869, with...
AFP | Using just a few recycled objects and his knack for programming, a man living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti made a robot that can have conversations...
AP | Gladys West, hired in 1956 as a mathematician at the U.S. Naval Weapons Laboratory, has been presented with the Air Force Space and Missile...
AP | A hulking statue of a late 19th century white leader, with a cane and top hat, has been a flashpoint for cultural conflict in...
People who knowingly infect others with the HIV virus that caused AIDS could face criminal prosecution if the Jamaican government accepts the recommendations of a parliamentary...
AP | A memoir by the late civil-rights activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree is being reissued, and a film version is in the works. Algonquin Books announced...
The University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom has agreed to pay £200 million (US$255 million) in reparation payments to the University of the West Indies...
The Canadian Press | Esi Edugyan has won the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize for a 2nd time with her latest novel Washington Black. Published by Patrick...
(Press Release) – Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranks the Howard University School of Business among the top full-time business school programs in the United States. Howard University’s full-time...
Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur has been conferred with the title of Professor of Practice: Economics of Development by the University of the West Indies...
Meet Reggie Nelson. When this young man wanted new opportunities, he literally went knocking on people’s door until one opened for him. A few years ago,...
(Press Release) – The Board of Trustees of Clark Atlanta University (CAU) has accepted the resignation of President Ronald A. Johnson, effective December 7, 2018. A...
PRNewswire | In an unprecedented move, OneUnited Bank, the largest Black owned bank in America, unveils the “Take A Knee” Campaign with a stunning masterpiece, Last...
AP | Sean “Diddy” Combs has pledged US$1 million to a network of charter schools for a new location in the Bronx. Capital Preparatory Schools has...
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and The University of the West Indies (UWI) have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on promoting institutional strengthening...
AP | Ruth E. Carter, the creator of the stunning costumes of “Black Panther” and numerous other Hollywood films, will receive the career achievement award at...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed its Zika virus country classification scheme from countries in the region. The scheme had categorized most of the Caribbean...
(Press Release) – The burden of risk factors for chronic disease is substantially higher in black men compared with their white counterparts, including a higher prevalence...
AP | Johns Hopkins University and the family of Henrietta Lacks say a new building on the school’s campus in East Baltimore will be named after...
(Press Release) – The Howard University Cancer Center and technology platform, Driver are working together to expand access to advanced therapies for cancer patients receiving care...
(Reuters) – A South Sudanese surgeon, who has spent 2 decades helping the sick and injured in the war-torn nation, was on Tuesday announced the winner...
AP | One of the oldest historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States has named its 18th president. Shaw University in Raleigh, North...
By Julia Gaffield When Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti’s independence from France in 1804 after a 13-year slave uprising and civil war, he became the Americas’ first...
The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership has received a US$9 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities –...
(Reuters) – Aretha Franklin, the preacher’s daughter whose powerful voice made her the long-reigning “Queen of Soul” with such hit songs as “Respect” and “Chain of...
AP | Aretha Franklin is seriously ill, according to a person close to the singer. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the...
(Press Release) – Howard University is America’s No. 1 institution for producing Black applicants to U.S. medical schools, according to data from the Association of American...
(Reuters) – A group of Egyptian students has designed a vehicle they say will battle rising energy prices and promote clean energy by running on nothing...
AP | Historically black Tuskegee University has named the first female president on a permanent basis in its 136-year history. The school located in east Alabama...
New HIV infections in South Africa have fallen by 44 percent in the last 5 years, the country’s latest HIV household survey found. The Human Sciences...
AP | Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking Army posts in Europe and Asia, will become the...
(Press Release) – On Friday, June 22, Virginia State University (VSU) was named the HBCU of the Year by HBCU Digest. In addition, the University’s Board...
AP | Governor Roy Cooper has named North Carolina’s first African American poet laureate. Cooper announced Thursday that Jaki Shelton Green will succeed Shelby Stephenson, who...
UPI | A Ugandan inventor has won the prestigious 2018 Africa Prize for developing a method of testing for malaria without drawing blood. Brian Gitta, 24,...
(Press Release) – The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates elected Patrice A. Harris, MD, a psychiatrist from Atlanta, as its president-elect at the AMA...
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) says several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are using taxes, bans and technological innovation to restrict the production...
Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped bring Apollo astronauts back to Earth, is being honored at her alma mater with a bronze statue and...
AP | California rapper Kendrick Lamar has accepted the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for music. The announcement was made in April, but on Wednesday, Kendrick Lamar attended...
AP | Retired Brown University President Ruth Simmons is being installed as president of Prairie View A&M University, making her the first female leader of the...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are expected to complete the phasing out of the use of incandescent bulbs by September this year, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced...
U.S.Representative Sanford D. Bishop Jr., will be the guest speaker at Morehouse College’s 134th Commencement on May 20. The Congressman, a 1968 graduate of Morehouse, represents...
AP | The “Black Panther” is returning to his alma mater to give the commencement address at Howard University. The university announced Wednesday that Chadwick Boseman...
After serving Claflin University as its 8th president for over 2 decades, Dr. Henry N. Tisdale on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, announced his retirement effective June...
California rapper Kendrick Lamar on Monday became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, one of the most prestigious arts awards in the...
AP | Meharry Medical College – one of the largest historically black academic health science and research centers in the United States, and the Morehouse School...
AFP | “Black Panther” broke more records over the weekend in North America, exceeding revenues from the 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” while horror thriller “A Quiet Place,”...
The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school officials ended over the weekend. News outlets report Howard University...
AP | Howard University students’ occupation of the administration building has entered its 6th day. Students remain inside the administration building and say they are not...
(PRNewswire) – Top students from 48 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will go head-to-head in the 29th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship...
(PRNewswire) – Howard University School of Business (HUSB) recently unveiled its new Bloomberg Finance Lab in front of a standing-room only crowd of students, faculty and...
AP | Jordan Peele had to dig deep to get the horror-satire “Get Out” to the screen, and his reward was the first original screenplay Oscar...
(Press Release) – Howard University School of Business (HUSB) alumnus Wendell E. Mackey, CFA has donated US$250,000 to Howard University to support the creation of a...
(Reuters) – “Black Panther,” the new black Marvel superhero movie, won rave reviews earlier this week with critics praising both its adventure and its portrayal of...
(Press Release) – Baltimore | On the night of U.S. President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address, NAACP, the nation’s foremost civil rights organization,...
The David Adjaye Associates’ Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC has been named the overall winner of the Design Museum’s...
(PRNewswire) – Harry L. Williams has officially begun his tenure as President & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). After an extensive executive search...
America’s first Black astronaut, Air Force Major Robert Lawrence Jr., finally got full honors Friday on the 50th anniversary of his death. Several hundred people gathered...
AP | Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) are the leading nominees with 5 each for January’s NAACP Image Awards, the group announced Monday. Blige’s...
Simmons College (Simmons) announced last week that its new College of Media, Arts, and Humanities will be named in remembrance and honor of the late journalist...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson disclosed publicly Friday that he has been seeking outpatient care for 2 years for Parkinson’s disease and plans to “dedicate” himself to...
(BlackPRWire) – The installation of Dr. Yolanda Pierce as the 16th Dean and first woman to hold the position is a watershed moment in the life...
Felin’s movie, ‘Ayiti Mon Amour’ is a portrait of a post-quake nation mourning its dead AFP | Haiti is still reeling from the 2010 earthquake that...
AP | – Morehouse College has named a Harvard University professor and former dean of Georgetown University’s business school as its new president after a tumultuous...
Jamaica Information Service | The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona is moving towards liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it looks to achieve self-sufficiency in...
(Press Release) – Los Angeles | As part of its 9th Annual Awards Program, the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has proclaimed 2017 the “Year...
(PAHO/WHO) Carissa F. Etienne was late last week re-elected for a 2nd 5-year term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the Member...
(Black PR Wire) – Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia has made a significant rise in the U.S. News and World Report Best College rankings released this...
By Dennis Matanda Editor-in-Chief | The Habari Network New York | While Barack Obama and some of his predecessors contributed to what one ought to expect...
By Griffins Manguro Kenya’s health authorities launched a new way to reduce the spread of HIV among its people. It is the 2nd African country after...
HBCU RESEARCH Magazine Highlights Innovation and Cutting-Edge Scientific Discoveries at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Marketwired) – Howard University graduates pioneered the modern blood bank. Morgan...
The Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has been selected to join the National Institute of Health (NIH) ‘All of Us’ Research Program as part of the...
(Press Release) – Virginia Union University’s (VUU) Chairman of the Board of Trustees, W. Franklyn Richardson, announced earlier this month that Hakim J. Lucas, Ph.D. has...
(Press Release) – Shaw University President, Tashni-Ann Dubroy stepped down from her role in order to assume the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating...
Endorse key initiatives to transform health systems and response to disease epidemics African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government on Monday adopted the AIDS Watch...
Earlier this year, Howard University in partnership with Google announced the launch of Howard West, a 3-month, summer Computer Science residency for rising juniors and seniors...
Martin replaces Bill Taggart who passed away earlier this month (Press Release) – The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to appoint Harold Martin...
Kenya is the first country in Africa to introduce a generic version of the current drug of choice for people living with HIV, officials said Wednesday....
(Press Release) – Shaping a more diverse technology industry requires rethinking our sources of talent and broadening our recruiting pipeline to access available diverse talent. As...
Hip hop mogul, serial and social entrepreneur, Andre Romelle Young (“Dr. Dre”) is giving back to his community. He has pledged US$10 million toward the construction...
New Laureate won Pulitzer prize in 2012 Tracy K. Smith was on Wednesday last week named the new U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress....
The interim president at Morehouse College, one of the top historically Black colleges based in Atlanta, died late last week. Morehouse College said in a statement...
(Press Release) – The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus and the University of Quintana Roo are pleased to announce the pilot of an...
Ambar is the first African American to head the liberal arts school (Press Release) – Carmen Ambar has been named president of Oberlin College. She has...
One of the smallest historically black colleges in the U.S. boasts a huge accomplishment: pound for pound, tiny Dillard University in New Orleans graduates more physics...
Blair Taylor will be stepping down from his role as CEO of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBKA) as the organization prepares to merge with the Obama...
CNN political contributor, Obama administration Green Jobs advisor, and Dream Corps founder Van Jones is set to speak at Morehouse College’s 133rd commencement ceremony. According the...
Kent State University’s first university-wide commencement will get a touch of Hollywood as Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer speaks to graduates of the northeastern Ohio school. Spencer...
Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad,” his celebrated novel about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal reality, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction....
Fans lined up before dawn on Sunday to pay their final respects to music legend Chuck Berry, roughly 3 weeks after his death at age 90...
A New Jersey high school senior has her pick of any Ivy League school, plus Stanford University. Seventeen-year-old Ifeoma White-Thorpe told reporters that she was accepted...
(Press Release) – Howard University announced late last week that Senator Kamala D. Harris will deliver the keynote address during Howard University’s 149th Commencement Convocation on...
An author whose book was the basis for the Oscar-nominated movie “Hidden Figures” has won an award for writing literature that promotes diversity and confronts racism....
The Habari Network Editorial Board Toronto/Washington/Addis Ababa: Over the next 5-year period, there’s a chance that a road will run from Boma, in central South Sudan,...
Oprah Winfrey says U.S. President Donald Trump’s victory has her rethinking whether she could be elected to the White House. Winfrey, a Hillary Clinton supporter, spoke...
Meet Keven Stonewall, a 21-year-old undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin whose curiosity may lead him to finding a cure for colon cancer. According to...
African American coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday. Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis best supporting male and female actors “Moonlight,” about a...
Oprah Winfrey has agreed to give commencement speeches at colleges in Massachusetts and New York. Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs,...
The Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures” about the untold story of the black women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the space race will screen for free...
My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, an independent nonpartisan 501(c)(3) dedicated to creating pathways to success for boys and young men of color, announced earlier this month, that...
“Hidden Figures” and Taraji P. Henson had a big night at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards, where Hollywood glamour...
At 74, the Queen of Soul has decided to take it a little easier. Aretha Franklin, 74 – the Queen of Soul – is planning to...
ImeIme Umana – first black woman to serve at the helm of prestigious journal. ImeIme Umana was on Sunday elected the president of the Harvard Law...
By Stephen Lande Washington, DC | When Stephen Hayes called to say that the Board had finally found a replacement for him as chief executive at...
(Press Release) – Newell Brands Inc., has committed US$1 million to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, to enhance its curriculum in the fast-growing science, technology, engineering...
(PRNewswire) – Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams...
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has announced its 2016 honorees in film and television, hailing “Moonlight” and “Queen Sugar” as the best of their...
(PRNewswire)- African Americans are at higher risk for 2 diseases – diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – that together threaten to cause them more preventable...
Morehouse College will receive a US$1.25 million grant from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to support an initiative that will provide students with the training,...
(BlackPRWire) – The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) recently announced that the 21st annual event will be held in Miami, June 14-18, 2017. In addition to...
UWItv set to go live on December 1. The Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hilary Beckles, has described as “a...
Haiti on Wednesday launched a massive cholera vaccination campaign in parts of the country devastated by Hurricane Matthew. The campaign, is expected to be the world’s...
Jamaican scientist Henry Lowe, is the recipient of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Local Innovator Award for his work in the development of novel medicinal and...
Beatty’s book, “The Sellout” is a stinging satire of race and class in the United States Paul Beatty’s “The Sellout,” a stinging satire of race and...
Improvement across all racial and ethnic groups The high school graduation rate in the United States reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that...
Cathy Hughes School of Communications naming ceremony on Oct. 23. Howard University is set to honor media guru Cathy Hughes, by re-naming the historically black university’s...
Burnim to retire after a highly successful tenure at Bowie State University Bowie State University (BSU) President Mickey Burnim announced his retirement earlier this month, informing...
Measles eradicated from the Caribbean. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has revealed that the Caribbean, is the first region in the world to have eliminated...
Kenya looking to become tuberculosis (TB) free in a generation More children are likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious disease killer, after Kenya introduces...
Diddy donation to create Scholarship Fund Sean “Diddy” Combs is donating US$1 million to Howard University, where he once was a student. Diddy, made the announcement...
By Ayana Byrd For its first 72 years as the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was a slave territory, and the 5-acre tract on which the new...
Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia has been ranked the top amongst historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States for the year 2017, according...
South Africa said Thursday it will now provide free treatment to all people infected with HIV, regardless of the condition of their immune system. Before the...
White House Initiative on HBCUs selects Adkins-Jackson as this year’s HBCU All-Star student Paris Adkins-Jackson, a doctoral student in the Psychometrics Program at the Morgan State...
(BlackPRWire) – The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has announced that 73 students from across 63 HBCUs have been named as...
Wits University’s research programs contribute to high ranking South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) has been named the top educational institution in Africa in...
Health authorities in Trinidad & Tobago have revealed that the country now has 254 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The Ministry of Health in...
Fuse-Hall stepping away from the black liberal arts college after a 3 year tenure. Rosalind Fuse-Hall has stepped down from her position as president of Bennett...
Press Conference in The Murrow Room of The National Press Club at 1:00pm on Wednesday August 17th (PRNewswire) – The following is being released by Julius...
Health authorities in Barbados on Tuesday said they were investigating the cause of microcephaly in 2 babies delivered in the country’s capital this week. According to...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has launched its Global Giving Week 2016. The university Chancellor Sir George Alleyne urged students, alumni and friends to...
Austin Clarke, the award-winning Barbadian-born author who wrote about the immigrant experience and being black in Canada, died Sunday at age 81. Clarke won the prestigious...
Dr Anya McLaren has received the prestigious Paediatrics Scientific Abstract Award from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for her groundbreaking research in sickle cell disease. McLaren,...
National Basketball Association (NBA) great Earvin “Magic” Johnson will work with South Carolina State University to raise US$2.5 million for scholarships that bear his name. The...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has launched an appeal for financial support from alumni, friends as well as the private and public sectors across...
Arthur Zang from Cameroon has won this year’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his heart-monitoring device, the Cardio-Pad — which is set to change the...
The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), an inclusive organization dedicated to eliminating disparities in cardiovascular diseases, has elected Barbara Hutchinson, MD, PhD as President and Felix...
U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday that the country is “a better place today” than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the Zika epidemic, a year since being discovered here, has taken the Americas, including the Caribbean, by surprise, adding...
Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, has died at age 69. Officers responded to a report of possible cardiac arrest at 9:34...
(BlackPRWire) – The Mathematics at Morehouse College has been chosen to receive the 2016 AMS Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference Award. The annual award was...
Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died following a collapse on stage during a concert, officials said....
U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver the keynote address during the 2016 commencement ceremony at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on May 7. He will be...
Florida A & M University (FAMU) has been ranked by Essence and Money magazines as the top historically black colleges and university (HBCU) in the United...
For the second time in as many years, a student at suburban New York’s Elmont Memorial High School has been accepted at all 8 Ivy League...
The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) has applauded Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) for introducing the HBCU Innovation Fund Act (HR 4857) – legislation that would promote...
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer qualifies as an international health emergency, although it cautioned that male...
He has been a rapper, actor, singer, entrepreneur, record producer and clothing designer. Now Sean “Diddy” Combs has taken on a new job as the founder...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) yesterday unveiled the theme for its 2016 National Convention to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, from...
The legal battle by the Haitian victims of a cholera epidemic against the United Nations reached its highest level in court on Tuesday, as lawyers for...
(BlackPRWire) – Retired UPS senior executive Calvin E. Tyler Jr. and his wife, Tina, nationally known philanthropists, announced a US$5 million gift to Morgan State University...
Hosting the Oscars is seen as the ultimate honor in show business but no one has a trickier task of balancing humor, diversity politics and celebrating...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to record its first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The country’s Health...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have announced a series of actions that their countries will take to confront the Zika virus, including the reduction of taxes on...
In recognition of National Women’s History Month, the Black Business Association (BBA), one of the oldest active ethnic business organizations in the nation, will host its...
Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday confirmed its first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus saying that the 61-year-old victim had recently traveled to New Zealand. The...
(PRNewswire) – Paula Johnson, MD, MPH, a professor and faculty member at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been...
In response to the growing threat the Zika virus poses to the Caribbean, the regional University of the West Indies (UWI), has launched a regional Zika...
Jay Z’s music streaming company Tidal is going to donate US$1.5 million to Black Lives Matter and other social justice organizations. The company made the announcement...
Barbados on Tuesday confirmed 3 cases of Zika in pregnant women, bringing to 7 the number of people on the island-nation with the virus, which is...
Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, whose horn-driven band sold more than 90 million albums and made hits like “September,” “Shining Star” and “Boogie Wonderland,”...
The Smithsonian Institution will open the National Museum of African American History and Culture on September 24 in Washington. Smithsonian chief spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas said...
There have been no cases reported of the Zika virus infections in Trinidad & Tobago, however, the country’s Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh has declared a...
(PRNewswire) – As the Chairman of RLJ Entertainment and Founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), I offer my recommendations as to how the Academy of Motion...
Black Entertainment Television (BET) has announced it will air a mini-series about Nelson Mandela next year, with actor Laurence Fishburne portraying the late South African leader....
An innovative lawn irrigation system that tracks weather forecasts and soil moisture to water only when needed has earned Clark Atlanta University top honors in Ford...
Beverly Bond made history when she founded Black Girls Rock! in 2006 with the intention of empowering and mentoring black women and girls across the United...
The University of the West Indies today announced leaders of Caribbean origin, and one organization, to be honored at the seventh annual Toronto Benefit Gala, on...
U.S. companies should be committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, and tech companies, which have some of the lowest diversity rankings among large employers, are...
The U.S. Senate confirmed late last week, that Major Gen. Nadja West will serve as the new Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical...
(PRNewswire) – UnitedHealthcare and the Magic Johnson Foundation presented Holiday Hope events to 2,800 families in Michigan. Holiday Hope is a relief effort aimed at supporting...
(BlackPRWire) – Throughout life’s journey, there are many opportunities that may come along. But, signing up for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is one that many...
Denzel Washington will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year’s Golden Globes for his considerable impact on the world of entertainment. Lorenzo Soria, President...
Barbados is on track to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, according to UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. The Caribbean country...
André Alexis has won one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards for his novel Fifteen Dogs“. Alexis won the Scotiabank Giller Prize Tuesday for his book...
Despite their ongoing struggles, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are doing a better job than other institutions of producing Black alumni who are thriving, particularly...
Breast cancer rates for African American women are rising – according to two new studies. Between 2008 and 2012, the incidence of breast cancer for African...
Morehouse College President John Silvanus Wilson Jr., has been credited with reviving and renewing the brand of the prestigious HBCU – the premier college of choice...
Marlon James became the first Jamaican winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday with a vivid, violent, exuberant and expletive-laden novel based on the...
The United Nations is miserably failing the victims of the cholera epidemic its personnel triggered in Haiti 5 years ago, with many left waiting for access...
Earlier this week, Truth Initiative and Shaw University hosted 33 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to kick-off the Tobacco-Free HBCU Campus Initiative. Led by Truth...
A large clinical research program led by Howard and Georgetown universities, facilitating the participation of more than 4 million Washington-area residents in clinical trials, has received...
Ivory A. Toldson has been named the new Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the U.S. Department of...
Howard University President, Wayne A. I. Frederick announced earlier this month that Kery Davis has been appointed director of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. “After an...
The Vice Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Hilary Beckles has received the Global Community Healer Award, a humanitarian award from the...
(PRNewswire) – Nielsen has released Increasingly Affluent, Educated and Diverse: African American Consumers – the Untold Story, the fifth installment in its Diverse Intelligence Series. This...
Antigua & Barbuda has just gotten into the film business. St. Kitts & Nevis-born producer Rudy Langlais (“The Hurricane,” “Sugar Hill”), and his partners, Caribbean social...
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) last week launched the application process for the inaugural year of the Apple and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...
The Michigan State Black Alumni Association is set to host the inaugural Earvin “Magic” Johnson Scholarship Fundraiser, today, August 11, at the Detroit Golf Club. Former...
Jared Loggins, a 2015 graduate of Morehouse College, was recently named Male Student of the Year at the annual AARP HBCU Awards. Loggins graduated from Morehouse...
(PRNewswire) – CARIFESTA, which is the largest cultural and artistic event in the Caribbean, has fused all forms of expression of Latin America and the Caribbean...
Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) CEO David Evans has confirmed that one aircraft has been relocated to Barbados as the airline moves ahead with its strategic...
Virginia State University’s Department of Art & Design has been named by HBCU Digest, the Best Fine Arts Program at an Historically Black Collge and University...
R&B singer Usher Raymond (Usher) has revealed that he wants to lower the high school dropout rate through his New Look Foundation. Usher spoke strongly about...
African Americans are more likely to suffer sudden cardiac arrest than their white counterparts, a new study suggests. Black participants in the new study were also...
Former South Carolina State University President George E. Cooper has died. Cooper served as president of the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and University) from 2008 until...